Dec 21, 2009

Salem on History | China Explodes Its First Nuclear Bomb

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Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
Subcategories: Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
Curriculum: Asian History
Geographical Location: China
Date: October 16, 1964

Article abstract: The Chinese exploded an atomic bomb in 1964 after developing their own uranium mines, fuel-processing technology, bomb design, and test facilities.

Summary of Event

In 1964, China became the fifth country in the world to explode an atomic bomb; the other members of the so-called nuclear club were the United States (1945), the Soviet Union (1949), Great Britain (1952), and France (1960). Little information was available about the Chinese nuclear program until the 1980’s. In 1984, Marshal Nie Rongzhen, the military head of the...

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Salem on History | China Explodes Its First Nuclear Bomb

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